Just Making Coffee





courtesy of Joe on one of the drier and sunny mornings at the farm...

Back from my Great Adventure


Found this hidden in my stuff when I began unpacking this morning.  A parting gift from one of my friends on the farm.  I'd have to guess a lot of us there had a similar experience.





My head is blown apart in the best of ways.  More about that later.  Right now, absorbing the absolute quiet on my mountain and preparing for re-entry to the world tomorrow.  I don't think I'll be able to see it or deal with it using the same old eyes.   I'm liking the feel of these new ones....

Field Report



Out of the woods for a moment...


2 parades on Saturday, one show on Sunday. LOTS of rain, but my hovel in the woods is holding up. This week is a couple of parades (one a road trip to the great far north) and the final shows on Sunday. Then, back to homebase.

A couple of quick pics:


our fearless (in every sense of the word!)  leader, baking bread and planning the day...)


backstage rehearsal in the circus field...




sun umbrella (ironic)



excerpt from night performance...

Accordion Saturday


Accordion Saturday
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Plugged in






just for a bit...

out of the woods to report in. Making shows, puppets big and small, and still living the subsistence wandering gypsy medicine show life. This week will be 3 parades and 3 big shows. Gonna hand off my cameras (or sit one out) so i can get some video and more pictures. It's a great adventure, and I have my head blown apart daily.

Book idea: "How to Build a New and Better World with Bread, Garlic and Cardboard"...

More soon, and a flickr album coming. Be happy and be well.

Out of the woods for a moment...




I've been (am) away.

We live in the woods like wild and gentle animals, a tribe fueled by common purpose, a cheap art aesthetic, good humor, hard work and music that is spontaneous, infectious and never ending. An alternative world that acknowledges light and dark, but ultimately maintains hope and optimism by using cardboard, cheap paint, rusted wire, old innertubes, duct tape, dancing and laughter, completely independent of (or in spite of) any economic or commercial overtones or influence.

Make it up, make do, or do without.

Life
Is
Good.

How to do things


How to do things
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Unloading


Unloading
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On the bus


On the bus
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